Organisations
Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Disease KU Leuven
The laboratorium of gene regulation and disease is part of the Department of Human Genetics that conducts cutting edge research and offers an up-to-date educational curriculum within the areas of human genetics and genomics. .
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research Flanders Institute for Biotechnology
Laboratory for Disease Mechanisms in Cancer KU Leuven
The Laboratory for Disease Mechanisms in Cancer conducts research into the link between the ribosome and cancer. The research questionson wich the laboratory focuses are:
1) What is the spectrum of acquired ribosome defects in cancer?
2) By what mechanisms do ribosome defects promote cancer?
3) Are ribosome defects therapeutically relevant?
Vaccine & infectious disease institute University of Antwerp
Mycobacterial Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases Institute of Tropical Medicine
Laboratory for the Research of Neurodegenerative Diseases (VIB-KUÂ Leuven) KU Leuven
The Laboratory for the Research of Neurodegenerative Diseases performes research into the fundamental molecular processes that underlay neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Their work has also contributed to insights into general physiologically mechanisms, in particular, the understanding of regulated intramembrane proteolysis as an important signaling mechanism in health and disease. They have demonstrated the ...
Cardiovascular diseases (CARDIOVASC) University of Antwerp
Cardio-vascular diseases Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In the UZ Brussel the 4 departments of Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery, the Heart Rhythm Management Center and Vascular Surgery, decided to cluster their efforts into the cluster CHVZ in 2009. The objectives were to optimalize the clinical care of patients with cardio-vascular diseases. The research group "Centrum Hart-en Vaatziekten" - CHVZ - was created in 2010 with the objective to centralize the research in 2 main research topics and to ...
Laboratory of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery (BREATHE) KU Leuven
- Lung and chest wall mechanics: respiratory function in health and disease and effects of drugs. - Lung toxicology: fundamental mechanisms and epidemiologic research on occupational hazards. - Biochemical and metabolic functions of lung in health and disease and animal models. - Bronchial carcinoma: PET-scan, therapeutic modalities. - Respiratory muscles: animal models and changes in disease. - Difficult asthma. - Pulmonary embolism and ...